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Vidusha dedicates her Bronze medal for all who affected in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka was going through a horrific time and the Sri Lanka camp at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championship 2019 here in Khalifa Stadium in Doha was no different as...

(Video) Abderrahman Samba cruises into final with seasonal best

Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba eased into the final as hosts Qatar got off to a positive start at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships, with home athletes advancing in various disciplines in...

Heartbreak for Nadeesha in 400M || Ajith , Rusiru out from Semis

Quarter miler Nadeesha Ramanayaka’s 400 dreams ended in heartbreak during the 23rd Asian Athletics Championship as she finished in 6th in the finals at Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar. Nadeesha coming from...

(Video) Nimali in to 800M Finals -800M Heat 01

Defending 800M Asian Champion Nimali Liyanarachchi ran a relax 800M Heat and qualifies to the finals to be worked off at 8.58PM

(VIDEO) Nadeesha wins heat ,Real chance for a medal tonight

Nadeesha Ramanayaka was visibly nervous , she had got extrema outside lane of the 400m at her first ever Asian level competition and on in the inside it was India’s...

Seven Sri Lankan athletes in Action on day one of the Asian Championship

Seven Sri Lankan athletes win be action today at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championship here in Khalifa stadium , Doha , Qatar including in the Women’s 400M finals. Meanwhile the...

World Champion Mutaz Barshim and Asian Champion Abdalelah Haroun ruled out of Asian Championship

Host Qatar had a big blow to their team as the Asian Games Gold medalist and defending 400m champion Abdalelah Haroun suffered an injury during yesterday’s training which will keep...

Sooriyawewa 800m battle moves to Qatar

During early 2000 when Sri Lanka dominated sprinting in the Asian region many Sri Lankans were favorites to win the Gold medal when they entered Asian level competitions. But for...

Eashan dazzled by Doha’s freely available training facilities

Following a stellar junior career where he won the Asian Junior Silver Medal in the 100m, Himasha Eashan has been struggling to make a name for himself in the Asian...

Doha’s futuristic open-air cooling system to be tested at Asian Championship

The name Qatar is reminiscent of hot weather, with temperatures routinely climbing above 40 degrees Celsius: standard fare for the Middle East. It is also evocative of major sporting events,...

Meteoric rise of Chathuranga brings medal hopes

Medal predictions in sports often go awry. When it comes to track and field sports the factors affecting performance are so many that favourties sometimes eat humble pie and underdogs...

Jumpers in with a chance to create history in Doha

Sri Lanka had a long jumper in country’s first ever team to the Olympics just after gaining independence way back in 1948. But long jumpers and triple jumpers had remained...

Nadeesha’s steady rise and Sri Lanka’s chances in the 400 metres

A damsel from Weeraketiya, Nadeesha Ramanayake did not have a fairytale rise to the top of Sri Lanka’s track and field sports. She was successful at school level though never...

MIGUEL WINS 200M AS DE GRASSE BEATEN, GATLIN BROKE HIS SPIKES

British athlete Miguel Francis clocked a new 200m World lead and a meet record of 20.10 seconds (wind 1.0m/s) and beat 3-time Olympic games medalist Andre de Grasse of Canada...

(VIDEO) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce backs with record breaking run

Three time world 100 metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sped to a meet record to win the women’s 100 metres at the Grenada Invitational at the Kirani James Stadium on Saturday....

ආසියානු ශුරතාවලි ඉතිහාසයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නොමැකෙන සටහන්

ආසියානු කලාපයේ පැවැත්වෙන මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලි අතරින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉහළම දක්ෂතා දක්වා ඇති තරගාවලියක් ලෙස ආසියානු ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලිය දැක්විය හැකිය. මෙවර 23 වැනි වරට පැවැත්වෙන තරගාවලිය වෙනුවෙන් ද...

Dutee anchors relay team and secures ticket to Doha Asian Championship

Patiala: Dutee Chand anchored a new-look 4x100m women’s relay team to qualify for the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from April 21 with a time of 44.12 seconds...

A look back at Sri Lanka’s achievements at Asian Athletics Championships

Sri Lanka’s athletes have excelled more at the Asian Athletics Championships than at any other regional event. The biennial Championship has also provided the opportunity for some of its future...

Himasha to leave early for training ahead of Asian Championship

Sprinter Himasha Eashan who holds the South Asian record of the 100m will leave to Qatar tomorrow (13th) where he will have about a week training prior to the...

The unfortunate story of a legend – S.L.B. Rosa

‘Visikala Olympic Padakkama Rosa’, the book written by Lalith Gunawardena in 2004 discusses the political faux pas that denied the participation of athlete S.L.B. Rosa in the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

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